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Shell Games

🕑 Added 2020-07-23 01:06:24 +0000 UTC

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Ashley Ja

Another way she resembles her mother?

Andrea Andrew

It’s moments like this that remind me that Sven and Hanners have a surprising bond.

Some Ed

Absolutely. His moral obligation here is to figure out a way to navigate the minefield that he's found himself in, rather than to stand on this spot and hope that he's not currently standing on a ticking mine. (Note: in this metaphor, he's also standing on a ticking mine.)

Some Ed

I think May's been pretty clearly shown to *not* being into that kind of power dynamic. I mean, maybe she'd like it if the roles were reversed. But she doesn't want to owe anyone like that.

Hahaha, I love this one. I am from Luxembourg. We get shell-companies as gifts at birth. (No, we don't.)

Bagge

heh

I read that as "monkey laundering" and didn't even blink at how absurd that would be.

Captain Button

Speaking of which, I hope Sven's intern has moved on to better things.

Joseph Robertson

Hanners, starting people down the path of money laundering and tax avoidance...

Bryce Maryott

Do you seriously think May won't try to keep it as a sex toy herself?

Will Sven try to buy her old hip?

Joshua Brumley

...Is it me or did Sven shrink in height?

Evgeniy Semyonov

Later: - Hey, dork! Thanks for your donation, but don't think that now I owe you anything. - How... how did you know? - Believe it or not, I worked in finance, so tracing your stupid donation wasn't even hard or illegal. Now, if you'd somehow started a shell company in, say, Luxembourg... - ...

Daniel Rydberg

I now wish ”NOD NOD” is a special at CoD.

Daniel Rydberg

As long as we agree May is not a novelty chick.

Captain Button

I was in Luxemborg for four hours once.

Peter Jensen

At least the bun is gone

Bagge

#Things Winslow will never dare to say

OldGoat

Called it.

Grace Kieser

Hanners, if you're trying to not be your mother, setting up shell corporations and laundering money is not helping...

He's been "Martinized."

Bagge

I assume mommy taught her that

makin

I hope that this story line doesn't end up with Sven getting chewed out for "not" donating at some point or Dora guilting him into doing it.

Sleepy John

I see where her dad gets it from.

Lyman Green

When I was 17 I went on a class trip to France. Which started in Luxembourg. It was nice!

Simon Green

Which is, obviously, "Would a giant novelty cheque make May feel even worse about accepting charity?"

Wolfger

Way to over-complicate shit... both of ya!

Gamera

She was a good woman before Bernie Sanders took her life. RIP Rosa Luxembourg

nirev

Luxembourg IS quite nice! I have had the pleasure of reading QC in Luxembourg back in 2008 when I lived there for a while. Can't believe it's been that long!

Dave Van Domelen

For all his growth, I'm not sure Sven is to be trusted with a shell corporation.

Jim Lee

It’s not just the shorter hair and the lack of glasses in Sven’s appearance, though. He’s always been recognisably lanky, tall, and has had a distinctive sharp chin/longish face, plus his hair was more blond.

Captain Button

Hey, international financial gymnastics is an essential part of becoming an Evil Overlord like Mom.

Andrew

The shell company will research the device to wipe Sven’s memory of donating. Later he’ll wonder why he has a bill from “Colorectal Anime Studios”.

would it be wrong not to do it only because of his conflicts?

Hedgie

I'm not entirely convinced that she hasn't already released the virus… into this world

I hafta say, Sven has gone up mightily in my estimation. He really is trying hard to turn himself around and his qualms about the ethics of contributing to May's fund is the most promising sign yet. Hell's bells, I sure wouldn't waste any time thinking about it. Dora really needs to know this but I can't see her finding out without somebody spilling the beans about Sven and May.

Hugh Eckert

Yeah, I especially love that smirk in the second panel...

Andrew

Is hanners channeling her mother again already? uh oh.

Joseph Houk

Yeah - at least one other semi-notable comics artist tried that route. Didn't get him much.

Joel Bateman

I mean yeah, he'd benefit from it, but he'd also be helping a friend out in the process.

Benjamin Coomer

There's an interesting moral question here.

A.A. aka Double

BIG NOVELTY CHECK MORE LIKE BIG NOVELTY DECK WAIT I MEANT DI-

Bailey Tighe

I know it's mine.

Miyaa

Also, shout out to any QC fans from Luxembourg.

Jane the Inscrutable

Wouldn't the fees to set all that up be enough to, I don't know, pay for an arm at least? Several years ago Dodge had this website where you could "gift registry" a car and ppl could buy you specific car parts (lug nut for $10, side mirror for $50, etc.), and now I'm imagining something like that but for bodies.

MikeT

I enjoy the fact that Hanners likes this reveal, rather than being shocked by it.

Scott Vogel

It's weird seeing him without a pony tail and/or glasses.

Matt

hey, ya never know, Sven; May could be into that kind of power dynamic

Clifton Royston

Came here to say that. Hannelore probably learned how to do this by age 13 from dinner table conversations and is unaware that it's not part of the usual teen repertoire.